Lunch & Learn: Augmented Reality

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Augmented reality ties the physical and virtual worlds. These science fiction sounding applications are just the beginning of bringing the Internet to the physical world. Just pointing your phone at a historic building or direction, can bring a wealth of information to the user. Join us to learn about popular Augmented Reality Applications such as Layar, Wikitude, Red Laser and others and how they will change our information seeking behaviors in the future.

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Augmented RealityDiana SilveiraNovare Library Services

What is Augmented Reality?

“A type of virtual reality that combines real and imagined images in a real-time

session. In augmented reality, most of the images are real.”

Defined in PC Magazine

Its already changing how we view the

world

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ImprovingConnecting

Enhancing

Changing

SUPPLEMENTING

QR Codes

Around Me

Visual shopping & Beyond

Google Goggles Amazon Red Laser Snaptell

Red Laser

Wikitude

Layar

Coming Soon To Layar

AcrossAIR

AR in Cars

Source: Wired Magazine

Facial Recognition for the masses

Source:face.com

Changing information Seeking Behavior? Search by photo Immediacy of information Sharing – crowdsourced information as

readily available (or more) than authoritative sources

Privacy?

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